[800f6b1] | 1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <!ENTITY git-download-http
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| 8 | "http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-&git-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY git-download-ftp " ">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY git-md5sum "d94314eb49622a945b22595b36b7fc47">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY git-size "3.4 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY git-buildsize "140 MB">
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| 13 | <!ENTITY git-time "0.7 SBU">
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| 14 | ]>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <sect1 id="git" xreflabel="git-&git-version;">
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| 17 | <?dbhtml filename="git.html"?>
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| 18 |
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| 19 | <sect1info>
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| 20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 22 | </sect1info>
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| 23 |
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| 24 | <title>Git-&git-version;</title>
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| 25 |
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| 26 | <indexterm zone="git">
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| 27 | <primary sortas="a-git">Git</primary>
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| 28 | </indexterm>
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| 29 |
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| 30 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 31 | <title>Introduction to Git</title>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <para><application>Git</application> is a free and open source, distributed
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| 34 | version control system designed to handle everything from small to very
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| 35 | large projects with speed and efficiency. Every
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| 36 | <application>Git</application> clone is a full-fledged repository with
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| 37 | complete history and full revision tracking capabilities, not dependent on
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| 38 | network access or a central server. Branching and merging are fast and easy
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| 39 | to do. <application>Git</application> is used for version control of files,
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| 40 | much like tools such as <application>Mercurial</application>,
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| 41 | <application>Bazaar</application>, <xref linkend="subversion"/>,
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| 42 | <xref linkend="cvs"/>, <application>Perforce</application>, and
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| 43 | <application>Team Foundation Server</application>.</para>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | &lfs70_checked;
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| 46 |
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| 47 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 48 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&git-download-http;"/></para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&git-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &git-md5sum;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Download size: &git-size;</para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &git-buildsize;</para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>Estimated build time: &git-time;</para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | </itemizedlist>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Git Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 70 |
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| 71 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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[4716d52] | 72 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="python2"/></para>
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[800f6b1] | 73 |
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| 74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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[8d057afe] | 75 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="curl"/> (needed to use
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| 76 | <application>Git</application> over http, https, ftp or ftps)</para>
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[800f6b1] | 77 |
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| 78 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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[8d057afe] | 79 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="openssl"/>, <xref linkend="expat"/>
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| 80 | and <xref linkend="tk"/> (gitk, a simple <application>Git</application>
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| 81 | repository viewer, uses <application>Tk</application> at runtime)</para>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional (to create the man
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| 84 | pages)</bridgehead>
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| 85 | <para><ulink url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> and
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| 86 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/>.</para>
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[800f6b1] | 87 |
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| 88 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 89 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/git"/></para>
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| 90 | </sect2>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 93 | <title>Installation of Git</title>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <para>Install <application>Git</application> by running the following
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| 96 | commands:</para>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig &&
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| 99 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 100 |
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| 101 | <para>If you have installed <ulink
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| 102 | url="http://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/">AsciiDoc</ulink> and
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| 103 | <xref linkend="xmlto"/> and you wish to create the man pages:</para>
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| 104 |
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| 105 | <screen><userinput>make man</userinput></screen>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <para>To check the results, issue: <command>make test</command>.</para>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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| 110 | user:</para>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 113 |
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| 114 | <para>If you created the man pages, install them:</para>
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| 115 |
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| 116 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-man</userinput></screen>
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| 117 | </sect2>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 120 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <para><option>--with-gitconfig=/etc/gitconfig</option>: This sets
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| 123 | <filename>/etc/gitconfig</filename> as the file that stores the default,
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| 124 | system wide, <application>Git</application> settings.</para>
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| 125 | </sect2>
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| 126 |
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| 127 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 128 | <title>Configuring Git</title>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <sect3 id="git-config">
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| 131 | <title>Config Files</title>
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| 132 | <para><filename>~/.gitconfig</filename> and
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| 133 | <filename>/etc/gitconfig</filename></para>
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| 134 |
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| 135 | <indexterm zone="git git-config">
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| 136 | <primary sortas="e-AA.gitconfig">~/.gitconfig</primary>
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| 137 | </indexterm>
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| 138 |
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| 139 | <indexterm zone="git git-config">
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| 140 | <primary sortas="e-etc-gitconfig">/etc/gitconfig</primary>
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| 141 | </indexterm>
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| 142 | </sect3>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>
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| 145 |
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[78bd08a] | 146 | <para>If you want to use <command>git svn</command> you will need to
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| 147 | install <xref linkend="subversion"/> and its perl bindings.</para>
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[800f6b1] | 148 |
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[874fec7f] | 149 | <para>To be able to use git to pull from a https source you need first
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| 150 | install the <xref linkend="cacerts"/> and then configure git to know where
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[78bd08a] | 151 | they are. To set the default location of the SSL certificates, as the
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[874fec7f] | 152 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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[800f6b1] | 153 |
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[874fec7f] | 154 | <screen role="root"><userinput>git config --system http.sslCAPath /etc/ssl/certs</userinput></screen>
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[800f6b1] | 155 | </sect3>
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| 156 | </sect2>
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| 157 |
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| 158 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 159 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <segmentedlist>
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| 162 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 163 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 164 |
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| 165 | <seglistitem>
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| 166 | <seg>git, git-cvsserver, gitk, git-receive-pack, git-shell,
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| 167 | git-upload-archive and git-upload-pack.</seg>
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| 168 | <seg>/usr/libexec/git-core, /usr/share/git-core, /usr/share/git-gui,
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| 169 | /usr/share/gitk and /usr/share/gitweb</seg>
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| 170 | </seglistitem>
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| 171 | </segmentedlist>
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| 172 |
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| 173 | <variablelist>
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| 174 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 175 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 176 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 177 |
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| 178 | <varlistentry id="git-prog">
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| 179 | <term><command>git</command></term>
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| 180 | <listitem>
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| 181 | <para>is the stupid content tracker.</para>
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| 182 | <indexterm zone="git git-prog">
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| 183 | <primary sortas="b-git">git</primary>
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| 184 | </indexterm>
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| 185 | </listitem>
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| 186 | </varlistentry>
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| 187 |
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| 188 | <varlistentry id="git-cvsserver">
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| 189 | <term><command>git-cvsserver</command></term>
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| 190 | <listitem>
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| 191 | <para>is a CVS server emulator for git.</para>
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| 192 | <indexterm zone="git git-cvsserver">
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| 193 | <primary sortas="b-git-cvsserver">git-cvsserver</primary>
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| 194 | </indexterm>
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| 195 | </listitem>
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| 196 | </varlistentry>
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| 197 |
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| 198 | <varlistentry id="gitk">
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| 199 | <term><command>gitk</command></term>
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| 200 | <listitem>
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| 201 | <para>is a git repository browser (needs <xref linkend="tk"/>).</para>
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| 202 | <indexterm zone="git gitk">
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| 203 | <primary sortas="b-gitk">gitk</primary>
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| 204 | </indexterm>
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| 205 | </listitem>
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| 206 | </varlistentry>
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| 207 |
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| 208 | <varlistentry id="git-receive-pack">
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| 209 | <term><command>git-receive-pack</command></term>
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| 210 | <listitem>
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| 211 | <para>is invoked by <command>git send-pack</command> and updates the
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| 212 | repository with the information fed from the remote end.</para>
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| 213 | <indexterm zone="git git-receive-pack">
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| 214 | <primary sortas="b-git-receive-pack">git-receive-pack</primary>
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| 215 | </indexterm>
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| 216 | </listitem>
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| 217 | </varlistentry>
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| 218 |
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| 219 | <varlistentry id="git-shell">
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| 220 | <term><command>git-shell</command></term>
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| 221 | <listitem>
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| 222 | <para>is a login shell for SSH accounts to provide restricted Git
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| 223 | access.</para>
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| 224 | <indexterm zone="git git-shell">
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| 225 | <primary sortas="b-git-shell">git-shell</primary>
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| 226 | </indexterm>
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| 227 | </listitem>
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| 228 | </varlistentry>
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| 229 |
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| 230 | <varlistentry id="git-upload-archive">
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| 231 | <term><command>git-upload-archive</command></term>
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| 232 | <listitem>
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| 233 | <para>is invoked by <command>git archive --remote</command> and sends
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| 234 | a generated archive to the other end over the git protocol.</para>
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| 235 | <indexterm zone="git git-upload-archive">
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| 236 | <primary sortas="b-git-upload-archive">git-upload-archive</primary>
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| 237 | </indexterm>
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| 238 | </listitem>
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| 239 | </varlistentry>
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| 240 |
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| 241 | <varlistentry id="git-upload-pack">
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| 242 | <term><command>git-upload-pack</command></term>
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| 243 | <listitem>
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| 244 | <para>is invoked by <command>git fetch-pack</command>, it discovers
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| 245 | what objects the other side is missing, and sends them after
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| 246 | packing.</para>
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| 247 | <indexterm zone="git git-upload-pack">
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| 248 | <primary sortas="b-git-upload-pack">git-upload-pack</primary>
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| 249 | </indexterm>
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| 250 | </listitem>
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| 251 | </varlistentry>
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| 252 | </variablelist>
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| 253 | </sect2>
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| 254 | </sect1>
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